HHP: Section18 Game Relections
I was at the game tonight (last night) and I saw from Bundy the same thing he has shown far too many times this year. Where is the guy...
HHP: From Frobby GCL Notes 2018
Nice combined 3 hit shutout for 2018 draftees Drew Rom, Yeancarlos Lleras and Jake Zebron today. Rom starter it out by allowing a hit and two walks in 3...
HHP: OrioleDog – Good Lucroy, If He Still Exists
On a macro level, more than anything, this move in the last 24 hours has got me thinking about the catcher position and 2018 as a win-now year. For...
A Q&A With RHP Dan Hammer
As baseball fans everywhere await the return of "America's Past Time", there is a thirst for baseball news and talk of any kind. To that end,...
HHP: Hard Deadline, Trial and File
Frobby's predictions
Manny Machado: He's made $5 mm and $11.5 mm the last two years. He's having a slightly down season but still may finish with 35 HR and 100...
HHP: Frobby’s Anatomy
Anatomy of the 10 times the O's have lost a 3+ run lead this year
The O's have fizzled away a lead of 3 runs or more on 10 occasions...
Spin Control
By Doc Shorebird
With the introduction of Doppler radar instruments to baseball, new metrics have added to the understanding of the path of...
HHP: Atomic (Cimota) and the 11th Pick
The 11th pick in the draft has only provided 237 total WAR.
Only 9 guys drafted 11th have provided 7 WAR or more in their careers.
No one does that well...
HHP: Answerman back from Sarasota
By poster Answerman
Just returned from Sarasota. A few random thoughts in no particular order.
- Love our stadium. Also went to the Rays' home in Port Charlotte. Have been to...
3/5 Sarasota Notebook
by Eric Garfield
Full article with videos here
I’ve been told that today is a different schedule than normal at the...
Spring Training Double Duty 2/25
Good morning OH readers. Today I’m up and ready to watch some minors and majors and the plan is to check in on the minor league practice fields in...
Fits for Britton – One
Stacey Gotsulias from FanRag says this about Zach.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
"The Cardinals are in dire need of bullpen help. They released Trevor Rosenthal, who will miss all of 2018 after...
HHP: Trading Gausman
by Thato'sfan
To trade or not to trade. That is the dilemma faced by the Orioles as the upcoming July 31st non-waiver trade deadline approaches. Though it has become clear...
HHP: RZNJ Muses on Minors
Yelin Rodriguez, drafted in the 20th round last year and doesn't turn 19 until November has pitched 6.2 innings with 3 hits, 1 HB, 1 walk allowed and 12...
HHP: Moose Milligan Solves the Orioles Pitching
I am going to advocate for my previous idea of selecting nothing but pitchers. 100% pitchers, every round, 3 years in a row. 40 rounds in the MLB draft...
HHP: Frobby’s Take on 2018
I’ve almost never felt as uncertain about an Orioles team as I am about the 2018 O’s. There’s tons of potential and tons of pitfalls.
So far as our...
Drungo and the Dark Arts
by Drungo Hazewood
113 National League pitchers have made five or more starts this year.
Kevin Gausman is 107th in K/9, at 5.8. He has a 3.88 FIP, and a 4.38...
HHP: Steve A and the Closer
I think installing Brach as the closer could well be the wrong move. Wouldn't argue if that had been your point.
But once you've made a decision to bring someone...
HHP: MASN, the veil lifted
by frobby
As most of you know, I’ve been digging through the MASN court docket for years, trying to understand both the legal issues...
HHP: AZRon Does some projections
Last year's opening day payroll was $164.3M
Scenario
Projected $
$ Left to Spend (M)
No Change
164.3
36.4
MLB Average Increase
172.4
44.4
O's Average Increase
188.1
60.2
Same Delta as 2017
182.0
54.1
10% Delta
180.7
52.8
20% Delta
197.2
69.2
30% Delta
213.6
85.7
HHP: 29 Losers
by Frobby
29 teams. Only making it to the World Series is a miserable failure. Forget the 162 game season and two rounds of playoffs you enjoyed. Success...
Michael and Denise (Weams) A love story
By Roy Firestone, September 7 in Orioles Talk
They were both more or less resigned to the fact that they...
HHP: thatbearflies breaks down the shredder on Manny.
One key area of focus of the discussion (I just watched it) was definitely that there is an uncertainty about Manny Machado. They emphasized how bad his numbers were...










































